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PlERRE LAT-OUR, or OTTAWA, ONTARIO, GAh ADA.

FOLDING- JOINT FOR CAMP-FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,C62, dated January1, 1884.

Application filed August- 10. 1882.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, PIERRE LATOUR, of the city of Ottawa, in theProvince of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new anduseful Folding- Joint for Camp-Furniture, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of camp-furniture and the likearticles in which a light but strong folding'j oint for pieces crossingeach other in the same plane, and without necessitating the thinningdown or cutting out ,of the wood, is a desideratum, and to provide whichis the object of my invention.

Figure 1 is a side view of one form ofmy improved joint. Fig. 2 is aside view of my improved joint as adapted for use in cases where the twoshort crossing pieces or offset legs do not move in unison with oneanother. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame of folding camp-chairopen or spread out, made Fig. 4 shows the same closed and folded up.

These joints are applicable where two pieces cross one another in thesame plane at any angle, one of the pieces running right through and theother being cut in two, or short pieces used and placed end onto thethrough-piece out of line with each other, either so that theirprolongations are parallel or otherwise. These joints consist of a pairof plates of suitable metal, either cast or cut out of sheet-iron,steel, or the like, shaped to the direction of the crossing pieces andplaced at opposite sides and in the plane or parallel to the plane ofmovement of the pieces it is desired to joint.

B B B are three bars, B crossing B B and running through in a straightline, the pieces B B being set onto B, and offset to be out of line, butso that their prolongations are parallel.

P P are the two plates forming the joint, being formed to follow thedirection of the pieces, andiare secured to the short pieces by means ofscrewsS S, or in any other suitable manner, so as to connect themrigidly, the long piece being secured between the two short pieces bymeans of a pivot, 0, riveted or secured in any other suitable manner.

b b b are another set of bars crossing and (Modem Patented in CanadaOctober 25, 1882. No. 15,694.

moving in a different manner, and P P are the plates forming the joint,substantially in the same manner as in the preceding case,

the only difference being that the two short.

oted thereto by a pivot, p, and having its end rounded, similar to thoseshown and described above, and connecting similar bars, this form ofjoint being used where the out leg or short offset pieces do not formparallel continuations of one another, and pass through a series ofdifferent angles during the movement of folding. The free ends of thebars are connected by a well-known device .or joint, d,

which does not form part of my invention,

consisting of a pair of cars united by a cross-- piece, to which apivot, 12 is secured at a right angle, which passes through one barwhile the ears are slipped to the other bar end, and also secured bypivot 19", passing through the same.

Although these joints are only shown as applied to a chair, it will bereadily understood that they are applicable to all kinds and manners offolding furniture and utensils, and that the shape of the joint may bemodified to suit different angles and conditions, as may be required.

I claim as my invention 1. A folding-j oint for folding camp furnitureand similar articles, consisting of a pair of plates, P, following moreor less closely the shape, angle, and relative position of the two shortbars B B which are rigidly secured thereto by screws S, or equivalents,forming a straight or offset line, the through-piece B passing betweenthe two ends of the pieces B B being secured to the joint-plates by apivot, 19. r

2. A folding-joint for folding camp-furniture and similar articles,consisting of a pair of plates, 1?, following more or less closelypassing between the two ends of the pieces I) tially as shown anddescribed, and for the pur- I), and being secured to the joint-plates bya pose set forth. 1o pivot, p. Signed at Ottawa, Canada, the 2d day ofAu- 3. The combination of the through-pieces B gust, 1882. 5 andcross-pieces B 13*, connected by plates P, I. LATOUR.

as described, through-pieces b and cross- In presence of pieces 1) 6connected by the plates P, as A. XV. LACY, described, and the cornerjoint, d, all snbstan- A. HARVEY.

